I'm trying to build the 1800 Workstation Intel build. But the Noctua cooler will not work. It blocks the GPU slot & the DIMM slots (the Corsair Dominator chips are too tall & the cooler completely blocks some of the banks) . I'm gonna have to send it back. Does anyone have a recommendation for an alternate CPU cooler?
Here is the pics. I could remove the 120mm fan to clear the GPU slot, but as you can see the heatsink is sitting on the ram chips & it is still not touching the CPU. Also 2 of the DIMM slots are blocked.
you have installed it the wrong way. Look at the instructions that come with it.
The fan should be facing the front of your system i.e were the fans on the front of your case are.
Secondly if you have corsair dominator ram with the heatspreader on and the fan or the cooler are blocking them then you can just take the heatspreader off the RAM. I use corsair dominator RAM but I got the low profile ones so there is no heatspreader on mine and I use the noctua NH-D14 too.
just to add noctua has a website that tells you compatible ram that fit without having to do anything.
the fans on the heatsink can be moved and dont have to be exact.
are you sure thats dominator RAM, dominator ram has a different heatspreader to that unless they have changed it. Regardless you can just take it off thete wont be any issue, heatspreaders on RAM are just a gimmick.
Technically, there is no 'wrong' way to install a cooler. The only requirement being, the fans should be oriented such that they direct air toward an exhaust fan/vent, be that on the rear or top.
As mentioned, you have installed it incorrectly. Rotate the fan 90 degrees to the left then everything will fit fine. Even the memory. No need to replace anything or cut anything.
The instructions show that it can be installed as I showed earlier & that it can, alternatively, be rotated as Masterchief & greenbrucelee have suggested.
Either way, it doesn't fit. Here is a picture with it rotated (I just sat it on the memory chips, so it's not precisely aligned). Even if I remove the 120mm fan, it blanks off 2 of my DIMM slots.
Back to my original question, does anyone have any suggestions for an alternate? How about this one? Titan TTC-NA43TZ/CU35 CPU Cooler - Newegg.com
I like this one. It's still got Noctua's 6 pipe design & the 140mm fan. Also, I still have the option of adding a second fan, without interfering with the RAM slots.
you should have your ram in before installing the cooler. Most coolers these days are big and will go over the DIMM slots. Your ram should be in slot 1 and 3 anyway and if you filling them all up then you will have to take the cooler off but low profile RAM will not touch the cooler.
fyi I use the asus sabertooth z77 its technically the same board as yours and the dh-14.
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